Late to the game on this, but I had some down time, so I combed through some saved photos for F/W Formosa ideas. Just some thoughts, though. I'm sure NMWA will pick some awesome fabric options. A few things that caught my eye:

1) A staple tweed, in navy or lighter than navy. Lately I've been digging the cleaner, "striated" approach to creating texture in this sort of fabric. I'm sure there's a better way to describe that type of texture, but a few example pictures might be more useful (the first is a w bill harris tweed...

2) I also think lighter brown tweeds in a similar weave are pretty cool. Some examples (again, first swatch is a w bill, though I like the color of the second shot, which looks almost pumpkin, better):

3) If people aren't already saturated on green jackets for fall from this past season (or the Eidos F/W pre-order), I've always had the Caccioppoli green donegal photo from unbel at the back of my mind. I think it's my favorite green donegal fabric.

4) I don't have a swatch in mind, but I'd love to see an old school inspired fabric in a classic brown/tan plain houndstooth or POW houndstooth. The idea here would be to go for a vintage look. A few shots inspiring my thinking here (terrible styling in the bloomingdale's eidos shot, nice jacket though):

Any ideas of what I should wear to the Derby? Just found out I am going (Paddock, not stands) with my friends and my girlfriend, and not exactly sure what to wear. I assume I should go bright and loud patterned (and lightweight fabrics) regarding jackets and a pair of light wool or cotton trousers and a bow tie, right?